Ah, the US Forest Service: screwed with us during the shutdown,

and now this.  Is there any agency other than the EPA more deserving of budget cuts than these clowns?
New rules being finalized in November state that—across this country's gloriously beautiful, endlessly photogenic, 193 million acres of designated wilderness area administered by the USFS—members of the press who happen upon it will need permits to photograph or shoot video.

And yes, it does sound like one of the dumbest things you've ever read.

In an election year, yet.

Yes, the Forest Service, the people who spent money they supposedly didn't have to block SCENIC TURNOUTS ON HIGHWAYS so the peasants couldn't gaze on the scenery has now done this. 

Screw you USFS, you nasty little bastards.